Abdullah Esmail

I'm a rails developer and loving it. I love simplifying things. The author of Kaffy. When I'm not coding, I'm drinking coffee and checking what other people are coding. I also enjoy working with elixir and flutter. Still have high hopes for RubyMotion.

August 15, 2024

SQL UNION with Rails

I recently needed to combine two different queries into a single result that can be queryable using Postgres with Rails 7.1. The more I looked online, the more I was convinced that I had to use raw SQL for this. I did not mind the idea of using raw SQL. However, I needed to also modify the result of the UNION further with more business...

March 31, 2023

Custom fonts in production in Rails 7.0

I don't usually write blog posts. However, this made me want to share my experience and I'm sure someone will find it useful. First things first. I love rails. When it comes to creating web apps, rails is always my #1 or #2 option; usually #1. I love how things just work. And I hate when things just don't. Like adding custom fonts. It ...